US 6,669,161 B2 · Support slat

Abstract

The support slat is in the form of an integrally-molded one-piece unit. It comprises a central section provided with a pair of spaced-apart and parallely-disposed side walls. The side walls are connected to each others by a plurality of spaced-apart transversal walls. The end sections are each having a beveled transversal edge, which defines an inclined surface contiguous with an upper load-supporting surface of the support slat. The support slat is particularly well adapted to be used with corresponding support beams, thereby allowing to solve the problem of direct contact between the belts and the upper surface of stacked articles. This is achieved without interfering with another stack placed above. Another advantage of using the support slat is that it allows to increase the sliding resistance of supporting beams.

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Dependent claims

A one-piece integrally-molded support slat having an upper load-supporting surface and a bottom supporting surface, the support slat comprising:

a central section comprising:
a pair of spaced apart and parallely disposed side walls;
and
a plurality of spaced apart transversal walls integrally connected to the side walls, each of the transversal walls having an upper longitudinal edge which is coplanar with the upper load-supporting surface;
and
two end sections, each end section being transversally disposed and integrally connected to a corresponding end of the side walls, each end section having a transversal beveled edge, the transversal beveled edge defining an inclined surface contiguous with the upper load-supporting surface.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Support slat

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